Skip to main content

Main menu

  • Home
  • Content
    • Current
    • Archive
  • Info for
    • Authors
    • Subscribers
    • Institutions
    • Advertisers
  • About Us
    • About Us
    • Editorial Board
    • Index/Abstracts
  • Connect
    • Feedback
    • Help
  • Alerts
  • Free Issue
  • Other Publications
    • UWP

User menu

  • Register
  • Subscribe
  • My alerts
  • Log in
  • My Cart

Search

  • Advanced search
African Economic History
  • Other Publications
    • UWP
  • Register
  • Subscribe
  • My alerts
  • Log in
  • My Cart
African Economic History

Advanced Search

  • Home
  • Content
    • Current
    • Archive
  • Info for
    • Authors
    • Subscribers
    • Institutions
    • Advertisers
  • About Us
    • About Us
    • Editorial Board
    • Index/Abstracts
  • Connect
    • Feedback
    • Help
  • Alerts
  • Free Issue
  • Follow uwp on Twitter
  • Visit uwp on Facebook
  • Follow AEH on Bluesky
Research ArticleArticle

A Path from Slavery to Freedom

The Case of the Ologoudou Family in Southern Benin

SAMUEL LEMPEREUR
African Economic History, December 2020, 48 (1) 20-45; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/aeh.48.1.20
SAMUEL LEMPEREUR
Samuel Lempereur (), PhD candidate in anthropology, Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) and Research Fellow (ASP-Aspirant), Fund for Scientific Research-FNRS (F.R.S.-FNRS).
  • Find this author on Google Scholar
  • Find this author on PubMed
  • Search for this author on this site
  • For correspondence: samuel.lempereur{at}ulb.be
  • Article
  • Figures & Data
  • Info & Metrics
  • References
  • PDF
Loading

Article Information

vol. 48 no. 1 20-45
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.3368/aeh.48.1.20
Published By 
African Economic History
Print ISSN 
0145-2258
Online ISSN 
2163-9108
History 
  • Published online December 9, 2020.
Copyright & Usage 
© 2020 by the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System

Author Information

  1. SAMUEL LEMPEREUR
  1. Samuel Lempereur (samuel.lempereur{at}ulb.be), PhD candidate in anthropology, Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) and Research Fellow (ASP-Aspirant), Fund for Scientific Research-FNRS (F.R.S.-FNRS).
View Full Text

Article usage

Article usage: September 2022 to October 2025

AbstractFullPdf
Sep 2022200
Oct 20221201
Nov 2022902
Dec 2022300
Jan 2023710
Feb 2023800
Mar 2023900
Apr 20231000
May 20232400
Jun 20232100
Jul 20232300
Aug 20234502
Sep 20233801
Oct 20232600
Nov 20231801
Dec 20231904
Jan 20243201
Feb 20241501
Mar 20241300
Apr 20241901
May 20242503
Jun 20244500
Jul 20241900
Aug 2024601
Sep 20241002
Oct 20242503
Nov 20241801
Dec 20242005
Jan 20251300
Feb 20252511
Mar 2025700
Apr 20253112
May 2025900
Jun 20251700
Jul 20251900
Aug 20253300
Sep 20254704
Oct 20256505
PreviousNext
Back to top

In this issue

African Economic History: 48 (1)
African Economic History
Vol. 48, Issue 1
9 Dec 2020
  • Table of Contents
  • Table of Contents (PDF)
  • Index by author
Print
Download PDF
Article Alerts
Sign In to Email Alerts with your Email Address
Email Article

Thank you for your interest in spreading the word on African Economic History.

NOTE: We only request your email address so that the person you are recommending the page to knows that you wanted them to see it, and that it is not junk mail. We do not capture any email address.

Enter multiple addresses on separate lines or separate them with commas.
A Path from Slavery to Freedom
(Your Name) has sent you a message from African Economic History
(Your Name) thought you would like to see the African Economic History web site.
Citation Tools
A Path from Slavery to Freedom
SAMUEL LEMPEREUR
African Economic History Dec 2020, 48 (1) 20-45; DOI: 10.3368/aeh.48.1.20

Citation Manager Formats

  • BibTeX
  • Bookends
  • EasyBib
  • EndNote (tagged)
  • EndNote 8 (xml)
  • Medlars
  • Mendeley
  • Papers
  • RefWorks Tagged
  • Ref Manager
  • RIS
  • Zotero
Share
A Path from Slavery to Freedom
SAMUEL LEMPEREUR
African Economic History Dec 2020, 48 (1) 20-45; DOI: 10.3368/aeh.48.1.20
Twitter logo Facebook logo Mendeley logo
  • Tweet Widget
  • Facebook Like
  • Google Plus One
Bookmark this article

Jump to section

  • Article
    • Abstract
    • Introduction
    • Emile Ologoudou: Intellectual Elite with a Servile Past
    • The Ologoudou Family: Construction of Economic Capital to Escape Slavery
    • The Conversion of Capital to Complete the Exit from Slavery
    • Local Bourgeoisie and Social Capital
    • Limits of Autobiographies and Conclusion
    • Acknowledgment
    • Footnotes
  • Figures & Data
  • Info & Metrics
  • References
  • PDF

Related Articles

  • No related articles found.
  • Google Scholar

Cited By...

  • No citing articles found.
  • Google Scholar

More in this TOC Section

  • “In Native Areas, Stores Have a Big Influence on the People”
  • Nkrumah’s “Industrial Middlemen”
  • “To Serve Administrative Purposes and Native Interests?”
Show more Article

Similar Articles

UW Press logo

© 2025 Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System

Powered by HighWire